Privacy and protection of personal information

Dimensions

Individuals are concerned (to any degree) with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising

Individuals are not concerned at all with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising

Individuals are somewhat concerned with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising

Individuals are very concerned with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising

Individuals did not provide any personal information over the internet

Individuals don't use anti-tracking software (software that limits the ability to track their activities on the internet)

Individuals have ever changed the settings in their internet browser to prevent or limit the amount of cookies

Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by asking websites or search engines to access the information hold about them to be updated or deleted

Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by checking that the website where they needed to provide personal information was secure (e.g. https sites, safety logo or certificate)

Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by doing at least one of the selected activities (i_piacpp, i_piacgeo, i_piacsn, i_piacadv, i_piacsweb, i_piacud)

Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by limiting access to their profile or content on social networking sites

Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by not allowing the use of personal information for advertising purposes

Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by reading privacy policy statements before providing personal information

Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by restricting access to their geograpical location